Ink blots

 We ran out of granola cereal yesterday, so pancakes it was. Micah was delighted to find a horse in his syrup! Do you see it? "neigh neigh!" we heard through the end of the meal....until the syrup distorted to a blob again and it was all over.

Creativity in activity time...

Well, this was the activity Micah thought would be fun Tuesday night. Putting on Mom's $14 "UGGs" and practicing walking around the house. He did fairly well given that they go up to his waist! I love our local bazaar! 

Cuteness of the day

Many people have asked what Micah thinks about the baby coming. We may have gained a bit of insight this past weekend. When a friend from church gave me some baby clothes, I told Micah they were for his baby sister. He immediately pointed to my belly.

This morning when we read Dr. Seuss' Hop on Pop, there is a page that says "Father, Mother, Sister, Brother". When Dad asked where sister was, Micah patted his own belly.

So, you tell me! :)

34 weeks

Well, here we are at 34 weeks. I feel like I grew an extra 5 inches of circumference last week. How can I tell? There seems to be less room between my head and my lap when I sit. 8:00 bedtime looks more and more appealing. Micah is pointing to where the baby is. So cute.

Videos from Bolu...where the action is!

Trip to Bolu

We were super-excited to get 3 hours out of Istanbul last weekend on a "Valentine's special" at a retreat center. 3 nights for the price of 2 and in a beautiful mountainous, forested region. The retreat center is not fully built yet so Micah got to see a cool "digger" truck like in his "diggers and dumpers" book. 

Two weeks before we went they had a meter of snow! Though we were sad that most of it had melted, we still got to experience some winter weather. We crunched around on the unmelted snow on Sunday and then it snowed lightly throughout the day Monday giving us the opportunity to build mini-snowmen and have snow ball fights. But how about that view??

 Micah and Dad getting sleep dog suited up for snow fun (although sleep dog stayed inside).

 Check out this cool hide-out!

The first day was a bit muddy....

but that didn't prevent hours of swinging fun. A great trip had by all.

Mom and Dad's favorite parts:
- being able to walk straight out the door for adventure (not up and down four flights)
- fires in the fireplace every night! How romantic.
- learning Catan the card game one night
- seeing Micah enjoy himself in a natural setting...he hasn't completely gone city-boy yet!

a day in the life

So, the other day this van of folks parked outside our building, pulled a table and chairs out, produced food and tea, proceeded to eat lunch, pack up, put everything back in the van, then drive off. A variation on the picnic, I guess you can set up your own personal restaurant wherever it seems like a good spot, if you have everything you need in the back of your van!